Bio:

Solomon Noel was born in Alsace France in 1837 the son of a well-to-do Government Banker. He later married Miss Catherine Mofett. They fled France during the Franco-Prussan war of 1870-71 as their city was occupied by the Germans.

They came to America in the 1870s and settled in Virginia City Nevada where Solomon was an investment broker and owned parts of many of the local mines in the area. He died Sept. 22nd 1895 of heart failure at age 58. His ailing wife Catherine soon followed him in 1896, and the two were buried together. 

Catherine L. Noel (nee Mofett) was born in Bourgogne France in 1848. Later she met and married Solomon Noel. When they came to America settling in Virginia City NV and Solomon opened an investment company.

They are laid to rest in what today is one of the biggest monuments in the Virginia City Cemeteries.